Govt/Politics

8 commentsThe Thomas Jefferson Foundation announced yesterday that Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Ivy) will serve as the keynote speaker for this year's annual July 4 naturalization ceremony for new U.S....

45 commentsArtist Gerry Mitchell, one year after the crosswalk incident. FILE PHOTO BY WILL WALKER
First came the accident. Then the bad publicity. Now, 18 months after Gerry Mitchell was struck in his...

2 commentsBudget cuts have sliced beach time two hours at Albemarle County's Mint Springs, Chris Greene and Walnut Creek lakes, now open from 11:30am to 7:30pm, down from last year's 10am to 8pm and saving...

9 commentsThe new pool at Meade Park opens June 20.
FILE PHOTO BY COURTENEY STUART
The Onesty Family Aquatic Center will be open for business June 20.
The new swimming pool, located at Meade Park, includes a...

20 commentsSwimmers at Crow Pool enjoy a water aerobics class.
PHOTO BY GORDON BLOCK
Splashing in the deep end of bad publicity, the city of Charlottesville has formally ended a pricing plan on summer pool...

7 commentsState Senator Creigh Deeds gets a hug from his wife Pam before speaking to supporters celebrating his victory in the Democratic primary for governor.
PHOTO BY LINDSAY BARNES
In the contest to become...

1 commentsThe latest dispatch from county spokesperson Lee Catlin shows that voter turnout in Albemarle County for the Democratic gubernatorial primary has climbed since this morning when two percent of the...

1 commentsThis was the 9am scene at Hollymead Elementary, where an official reported just 60 folks had voted by 9am. Overall, in Albemarle County, the 9am turnout for the Democratic gubernatorial primary was 1...

1 commentsThe calendar might say 2009, but for Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Ivy), the 2010 election season is already underway. According to his latest filing with the Federal Election Commission, Perriello...

2 commentsClad in his usual bowtie, independent John Lowry officially announced his candidacy for the Samuel Miller District seat on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors June 3. He faces Republican Duane Snow...

8 comments"This is a sad day for me," says Keith Ford, about the impending public opening of the Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve.
PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE
"My mother said one of the saddest days of her life...

3 commentsWith one week to go until the June 9 Democratic primary for governor, both State Senator Creigh Deeds and former delegate Brian Moran have pulled even with one-time frontrunner and former Democratic...

0 comments After more than a year of campaigning following his resignation as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia last spring, John Brownlee will not be Virginia's next Attorney General. On...

6 commentsCharlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, with City Councilor Satyendra Huja beside him, stands in the shadow of the unfinished Landmark Hotel as he begins the dedication ceremony for the completion of the...

12 commentsMahmood Pasha's floating signs originally cost him close to $200, but will now cost the store owner $3,200.
FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
Mahmood Pasha fought the law, but the law won. As a result,...

72 commentsSonia Sotomayor.
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As President Barack Obama attempts to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court soon to be left by the departure of Justice David Souter, a pair of UVA law...

0 commentsSay hello to Dr. Don Wilson, new director of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum in Staunton. In the Presidential library biz, Wilson (no relation to Woodrow) appears to be a whiz,...

3 commentsWith only two weeks to go until the June 9 primary to decide the Democratic nominee for governor, a new poll says it's still anybody's ballgame. According to the latest from Public Policy Polling [...